Are There More Sex Offenders Located in Oak Creek?

OAK CREEK -- In 2014, the Milwaukee Common Council voted to approve a new sex offender ordinance, banning them from living within 2,000 feet of schools, parks and day care centers.

According to a report by the Journal Sentinel this week, supporters of the ordinance back in 2014 said it would protect the public by pushing more offenders out of the city and into the suburbs, where a disproportionately low number of the county’s offenders lived.

We wanted to know what this meant for Oak Creek.

Using information compiled by the State Department of Corrections, we were able to create a registered sex offender map for Oak Creek, showing the general locations of each offender.

In total, Oak Creek houses 21 such offenders.

Here is a list of the general location, crime and conviction date for each offender.

10100 block S. Chicago Rd.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child.
Conviction Date: October 1993

1200 block College Ave.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: October 2011

7700 block Quincy Ave.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: November, 1995

8800 block S. 27th St.
Crimes: Possession of Child Pornography
Conviction Dates: January 2007, August 2006

W. Vista Bella Drive
Crime: Possess Harmful Material-Expose Child
Conviction Date: June 2013

8800 block S. 27th St.
Crime: Indecent Behavior with a Child; First-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: November 1989

3900 block E. High St.
Crime: Possession of Child Pornography
Conviction Date: August 2001

800 block W. Puetz Rd.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: May, 1999

8800 block S. 27th St.
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: August 2006

200 block E. Stuart Drive
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: July 2002

400 block E. Oak Ln.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: September 2012

7600 block S. Logan Ave.
Crime: Second Degree Sexual Assault (3 counts)
Conviction Date: May, 1992

8900 block S. Wood Creek Drive
Crime: Causing Mental Harm to Child
Conviction Date: May 2016

3400 block of E. County Line Road
Crime: First-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child
Conviction Date: March 1995

9100 block S. 5th Ave.
Crime: Third-degree sexual assault
Conviction Date: October 2002

2500 block W. Carroll Ave.
Crime: Fourth-degree sexual assault
Conviction Date: November 2012

10200 block of S. Nicholson Road
Crime: Third-degree sexual assault
Conviction Date: October 2000

E. Parkway Estates Drive
Crime: Indecent Solicitation of a Child
Conviction Date: June 2000

500 block E. Shepard Hills Drive
Crime: Third-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: June 2009

3900 block E. Maple St.
Crime: Second-Degree Sexual Assault
Conviction Date: October 1989

1200 block W. College Ave.
Crime: Third-Degree sexual assault (2 counts)
Conviction Dates: June 2002, February 1979

What the Journal Sentinel had found was that Milwaukee County suburbs continue to house about 10% of county offenders — about the same percentage as before the ordinance. As it turns out, tighter rules in Milwaukee haven't produced the mass-exodus into the suburbs as initially thought.

Instead, it has given rise to a spike in the homeless sex offender problem - and that's worrisome for public officials.

For more information, you can visit the Department of Correction's website here: http://offender.doc.state.wi.u...

Image: Wisconsin Department of Corrections